Tahmek - Yucatán

Facts about Tahmek

Location of Tahmek

Tahmek is located in the municipality of Tahmek in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.256111
Latitude (dec): 20.874167

Height over sea level of Tahmek

The locations medium height over sea level is 14 meters.

Population in Tahmek

The over all population of Tahmek is 3383 persons, 1712 of them are male and 1671 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1046 minors and 2337 adults, with 477 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tahmek

3169 inhabitants of the location Tahmek in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2016 of the citizens 5 years and older, speak an indigenous language. The count of people who only speak an indigenous language without having knowledge of the Spanish language is 40 people, while 1948 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1793 citizens of Tahmek.

Economic situation

In Tahmek exist about 903 households.

Of these households 859 are common houses or apartments, 31 are without floor and about 210 consist of one room only.

635 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 848 are connected to the public water supply, 826 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 28 households to own a computer, 435 own a washing machine and 760 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tahmek

Besides the 440 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

134 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1303 persons did not finish the school. 545 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 361 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 193 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.